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TargetFormat Property

Summary

Gets or sets the media target file format.

Syntax

C++

public virtual TargetFormatType TargetFormat { get; set; }

Public Overridable Property TargetFormat As TargetFormatType

public: 
virtual property TargetFormatType TargetFormat { 
   TargetFormatType get(); 
   void set (    TargetFormatType ); 
}

Property Value

An TargetFormatType enumeration value.

Remarks

The value is one of the TargetFormatType enumeration values. Assignment can raise an error exception. For more information, refer to the Error Codes.

Example

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Multimedia; 
using LeadtoolsMultimediaExamples.Fixtures; 
 
public bool _result = false; 
public ConvertCtrlForm _form = new ConvertCtrlForm(); 
 
public void HasDialogExample() 
{ 
   // reference the convert control 
   ConvertCtrl convertctrl = _form.ConvertCtrl; 
 
   // input and output files 
   string inFile = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.MediaDir, "ConvertCtrl_Source.avi"); 
   string outFile = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.MediaDir, "ConvertCtrl_HasDialogExample.avi"); 
 
   try 
   { 
      // set the source for conversion 
      convertctrl.SourceFile = inFile; 
 
      // set the video and audio compressors 
      convertctrl.VideoCompressors.Mpeg2.Selected = true; 
      convertctrl.AudioCompressors.AC3.Selected = true; 
 
      // set the target output file and format 
      convertctrl.TargetFile = outFile; 
 
      // set the target output format 
      convertctrl.TargetFormat = TargetFormatType.AVI; 
 
      // The HasDialog method tells us that the control 
      // can display the desired settings dialog. 
      // check to see if the convert source dialog is available 
      if (convertctrl.HasDialog(ConvertDlg.TargetFormat)) 
      { 
         // now show it 
         convertctrl.ShowDialog(ConvertDlg.TargetFormat, _form); 
         _result = true; 
      } 
 
      // enable preview 
      convertctrl.Preview = true; 
 
      // set preview visible 
      convertctrl.PreviewVisible = true; 
 
      // start the capture process 
      convertctrl.StartConvert(); 
 
      // we'll loop on the state and pump messages for this example. 
      // but you should not need to if running from a Windows Forms application. 
      while (convertctrl.State == ConvertState.Running) 
         Application.DoEvents(); 
 
      // see if there was an error 
      if (convertctrl.ConvertError != 0) 
      { 
         // set the result to false 
         _result = false; 
      } 
   } 
   catch (Exception) 
   { 
      _result = false; 
   } 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string MediaDir = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\LEAD Technologies\LEADTOOLS 20\Media"; 
}

Imports Leadtools 
Imports Leadtools.Multimedia 
Imports LeadtoolsMultimediaExamples.Fixtures 
 
Public _result As Boolean = False 
Public _form As ConvertCtrlForm = New ConvertCtrlForm() 
 
Public Sub HasDialogExample() 
   ' reference the convert control 
   Dim convertctrl As ConvertCtrl = _form.ConvertCtrl 
 
   ' input and output files 
   Dim inFile As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.MediaDir, "ConvertCtrl_Source.avi") 
   Dim outFile As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.MediaDir, "ConvertCtrl_HasDialogExample.avi") 
 
   Try 
      ' set the source for conversion 
      convertctrl.SourceFile = inFile 
 
      ' set the video and audio compressors 
      convertctrl.VideoCompressors.Mpeg2.Selected = True 
      convertctrl.AudioCompressors.AC3.Selected = True 
 
      ' set the target output file and format 
      convertctrl.TargetFile = outFile 
 
      ' set the target output format 
      convertctrl.TargetFormat = TargetFormatType.AVI 
 
      ' The HasDialog method tells us that the control 
      ' can display the desired settings dialog. 
      ' check to see if the convert source dialog is available 
      If convertctrl.HasDialog(ConvertDlg.TargetFormat) Then 
         ' now show it 
         convertctrl.ShowDialog(ConvertDlg.TargetFormat, _form) 
         _result = True 
      End If 
 
      ' enable preview 
      convertctrl.Preview = True 
 
      ' set preview visible 
      convertctrl.PreviewVisible = True 
 
      ' start the capture process 
      convertctrl.StartConvert() 
 
      ' we'll loop on the state and pump messages for this example. 
      ' but you should not need to if running from a Windows Forms application. 
      Do While convertctrl.State = ConvertState.Running 
         Application.DoEvents() 
      Loop 
 
      ' see if there was an error 
      If convertctrl.ConvertError <> 0 Then 
         ' set the result to false 
         _result = False 
      End If 
   Catch e1 As Exception 
      _result = False 
   End Try 
End Sub 
 
Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS 
   Public Const MediaDir As String = "C:\Program Files (x86)\LEAD Technologies\LEADTOOLS 20\Media" 
End Class

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

ConvertCtrl Class

ConvertCtrl Members

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Leadtools.Multimedia Assembly

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